Expensive bows should have a certificate. A good bow certificate. Yet, some of these certificates can be either partially or completely incorrect. The certificates are usually made by one appraiser. A panel of experts could probably get closer to the truth. They could get together to discuss the authorship, the state and the value of […]

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About Andreas

Andreas Grütter was born in 1956 in Zürich, Switzerland. To obtain a paper he went to the bowmaking class of Maestro Giovanni Lucchi in 1982. Then it turned out to be much more interesting than he expected and since then he makes all kinds of bows. Some time in NY with William Salchow helped him to understand the importance of the history of the old bows. Read More…